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US to join UN group on ending violence against women

The United States is planning to join an informal UN group on curbing violence against women and girls, Washington's envoy to the world body...

More than 400 acts of violence against COVID health workers in 2020: report

Insults, beatings, arrests—health workers battling the coronavirus were subjected to more than 400 acts of violence related to COVID-19 worldwide in 2020, according to...

Kabul deputy gov killed by a bomb

A deputy governor of Kabul province and his aide were killed Tuesday by a bomb in the Afghan capital, officials said, the latest in...

Violence erupts in new Paris protest against security law

Violence erupted in Paris on Saturday for the second consecutive weekend at a mass protest against a new security law, with demonstrators clashing with...

Pandemic inflames violence against women

No country has been spared the coronavirus epidemic, nor the scourge of domestic violence, which has surged during lockdowns as the day marking such...

Thai MPs to vote as violence rises

Thai democracy protesters will return to the streets of Bangkok Wednesday, a day after six people were shot with live rounds in violent clashes,...

Infidelity equals ‘violence’–SC

The Supreme Court has ruled that husband’s infidelity or having extramarital affairs is considered “psychological violence” inflicted against his wife. In a 19-page decision written...

Churches burned as Chileans mark 1st year of protests

Two churches were torched as tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered Sunday in a central Santiago square to mark the anniversary of a protest...

Thailand’s celebs break silence on protests, demand changes

A K-pop superstar, beauty queens and TV personalities are among a growing wave of celebrities backing Thailand’s pro-democracy movement, sending out messages of support...

Denmark plans rape law requiring sexual consent

The Danish government on Tuesday announced plans to reform sexual violence laws to make consent rather than violence the basis for determining rape. "We are...

Women gather across Turkey in support of anti-violence treaty

Women across Turkey gathered on Sunday in support of a landmark treaty on combating violence against women as fears grow over Ankara's possible withdrawal...

Over 1% of humanity displaced­–UN

Nearly 80 million people have been forced to flee their homes due to violence and persecution, marking a near-doubling of global displacement in a...

Ten killed in attack on Mexico rehab center

Ten people were killed in an attack Saturday on a drug rehabilitation center in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, local authorities said. An armed...

1,300 civilians killed in DR Congo, over half million flee in months: UN

About 1,300 civilians have been killed in conflicts across DR Congo while over half a million people have been displaced by violence in a...
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